Nell Rankin was an American mezzo-soprano, active at the Metropolitan Opera and in international opera. She was especially associated with dramatic and Italian repertory.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Alberto Erede’s 1951 recording of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with Renata Tebaldi and Giuseppe Campora.

Rankin’s singing brought warmth, firmness and stage authority to the mezzo line, qualities valuable in Puccini’s theatrical ensembles.

Her page is justified by career standing and catalogue context. Rankin gives the Tebaldi Puccini shelf a strong American mezzo presence.